LCD's (was: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Linux/Programming magazines)

[N. Thompson]

On September 14, 2004 7:04 pm, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
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> 	Gnome is following the pattern, but here's the difference: Gnome is
> working on simplification, Mac OS has been simple from the beginning.
> Thus one is "under construction." Here is something to think about both
> concerning Gnome (somewhat) and Mac OS (a lot): you will probably hate
> working with them at first. Especially in the case of Mac OS, you have
> to unlearn certain Windowsesque things and learn the techniques that
> Microsoft "corrupted" in creating Windows.

I wouldn't consider the button ordering in Windows to be corrupted, when 
someone asks you a yes or no question isn't "yes" the first one they mention 
and then "no", Windows, BeOS and KDE use button orderings that fit in better 
with the way we use the English language. As much as I'd like to say that Mac 
OS X & GTK have it all wrong in all fairness its mostly a matter of 
preference so I'll just say that I don't like the way Mac OS and GTK have the 
buttons arranged and for that reason I'm avoiding both.

> 	I've been using Mac OS X for awhile now, and for the first bit, I
> really didn't like some parts of it (although I liked it overall). Now,
> I really like its way of doing things and appreciate where Gnome
> follows Apple's lead. But it requires an adjustment period.

The only things I liked about Apple to begin with were:
 - They weren't Microsoft
 - Their computers and devices look nice
 - Mac OS X had a nice theme although now having used it in KDE for a while 
I'm sick of it.
 - Mac OS X has some KDE applications ported or being ported such as KOffice 
and the KHTML rendering engine.

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> 	As an aside: concerning your pondering of the iMac G5 vs. the
> PowerBook. Go with the PowerBook, I'd say. The G5's power is...
> amazing. But, the PowerPC G4 processor is no slouch, and the PB G4 1.33
> GHz systems will put up a very good show and provide you with
> portability. Essentially the only big benefit to a G5 for you, I
> suspect, would be that it would be much faster at compiling code.
> Otherwise, you'll probably never notice the difference.
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> 	-Tim

I think portability would win over a slight advantage when compiling and since 
I use C++ you can imagine I spend a lot of time compiling and testing my 
programs. Anyway a Mac is still out of my price range as I have yet to get my 
very real job and for that matter Mac OS is too alien from what I'm used to, 
I think I'll stick with Linux, KDE & Qt Designer :-) .